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| GetAncestor The GetAncestor function retrieves the handle to the ancestor of the specified window. VB4-32,5,6
Declare Function GetAncestor Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal gaFlags As Long) As Long |
VB.NET
System.Windows.Forms.Form.Owner |
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| Requires Windows NT 4.0 SP4 or later; Requires Windows 98 |
· hwnd
[in] Handle to the window whose ancestor is to be retrieved. If this parameter is the desktop window, the function returns NULL.
· gaFlags
[in] Specifies the ancestor to be retrieved. This parameter can be one of the following values.
GA_PARENT
Retrieves the parent window. This does not include the owner, as it does with the GetParent function.
GA_ROOT
Retrieves the root window by walking the chain of parent windows.
GA_ROOTOWNER
Retrieves the owned root window by walking the chain of parent and owner windows returned by GetParent. |
| The return value is the handle to the ancestor window. |
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